Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-30

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the ntoost pressure viii b brought 70
hear By the Presidsnt 10 eompsl Bsors-
taFy Rndieott asd A5iutant 6ensfal
Dmm 10 resign. The fFisuds Of the cd
miuistration have besn making despes-
etc efforts 10 save The President from |
ths effects Of The rebel Gag blundsF. |
and 10 is believed that thsy will not bee. |
itate TO sacrifice bosh Endieott and |
Drum In the hope THAI ths FssiFsmens Of
those officials will sppeaae some Of The
eeemies that the administration made
by Offering an insult 10 the people Of
the North a. an open and paIpabls bid
for Southern favor.
The Presidents apoioRists have made
Strenuous efforts 20 shift from bis
shoulders the responsibility for the
famous order, bat their exsFtions have
thas far been rewarded with little sac
cess. Nobody believes that Ezdieott OF
Drum would pTecesd In such an impOr-
tsnt matter without the full sppr0val Of
the President, and nobody believes that
tha. approval bad not been given when
Secretary Endioott officially stated 10
General Drum that 10 bad. Indeed.
there are those who believe that the
matter was fully eanvaased 81 cabinet
meeting snd that the return Of the flags
was determined upon e. an expression
Of the general policy Of the adminIstsA-
tiop.
There IL no reason why suoh an order
Should not have been expected from
Cleveland. He has never given the
slightest Indication that be las ever 90
mach ~ felt the emotion Of patriotism.
Daring the var he vas 9 young man Of
sound health and without domestic OF
business ties. He was Just such man
~ should have entered the army ct the
hsst call for volunteers. Instead OF
dsing 80, however, be remained quietly
81 home while she loyal men Of the
North we're sevsripR the closest business
and family ties and fastening 10 the
defense Of their o0antEy. when the
call 10 duty became more imperative
and be was drafted, be ssnt q substitute.
Never. during oil that long struggle. did
be give utteFance 10 q single expression
which bis friends can remember a. In
dioatlnR whether his sympathiss we're
With the Union OF secession. with ths
right or With The wrong. Ne followed
ths sluggish course Of his life, while
better and nobleF men we're fighting
and dying TO save the Government Of
which he Ia now the had. Not even his
most intimate friend will venture 10 say
whether be reIoiced al the defeat OF
Bull Ran or the victory Of Gettysburg,
whether 81 The confusion of Mcclellan
or the triunphs Of Grant. II be OBJ
served At oil the stapendous events
which were taking place, be observed
them ~ they were observed By no Other
mln-wii heat sympathy and without
interest.
Taat such = man sholld have utterly
failed 10 realize the exlstepos OF patriot
Ism in others. that be should have failed
~ zee that the spirit Of she North was
not dead, is not surprising. Nor Is IL
strange that he should have issued an
order which aroused THAI spirit as 10
had not been aroused for years In
deed, the wonder would have been u
such q man had not made such blun.
der.
The responsibility for the rebel aaa
order must be borne by Cleveland. and
By Cleveland alone. Attempts to force
10 on EadiOost and Drum will prove
fFui1lsss. Indeed. the President has
not yet intlma,ed that be does not
heartily endorse the spiri. Of that or
der. He rOsciudsd 10 because IL was H.
LEGAL and because measures bad been
taken which would have siisclually pre-
vented ita being carried cot. He did
not return The tlAgs, simply because be
could not, and ho Las never said, on
cially or OlAsrwiss, that they shoald not
be- rslurnsd.